• 'Red Eric' was an elaborate spoof

    Dicky Patounas

  • Boscombe Down has an amazing history

    Sqn Ldr Catherine Lawson

  • It was a chance for me to roll up my sleeves and get involved with the aircraft

    Sqn Ldr Catherine Lawson

  • Pinapples, grapefruits, oranges… the kids loved that!

    Peter Pilkington

  • Flames shot out either side of the cockpit

    Peter Pilkington

  • These boys deserve to be remembered

  • My mother always hoped that I'd be able to thank you one day

    Vera Mitchrich

  • I was just a kid off the farm, but I'd heard all about the RAF

    Gail Halvorsen

  • We do get a lot of stick for that, but we take it like champs.

    Amelia Seymour

  • Nearly seventy people lost their lives

    Brian Conway

  • We slept under the wings

    Brian Conway

  • It had been set up to breed a super race

    Brian Conway